Vault seed record
Job role article
Maya got promoted last month. She is ___ manager now.
Classification
Provenance
Kind: human-authored
Source: core-grammar-anchor-pack
Batch: core-grammar-001
Reviewer: content-lead
Updated: 2026-05-20
Instruction and answer
Instruction
Choose the article that fits the sentence.
Correct answer
a
Explanation
English usually puts a/an before one person's job: 'She is a manager.' Leaving it out is a classic translated-English signal.
Product use
Surfaces
Source languages
Difficulty
low
Conversion hook
Looks too small to matter, then reveals a common translated-English habit.
Review payload
Review notes
Unambiguous job-role article seed for broad source-language funnels.
Media prompt
No media prompt attached.
Assets
Source traps
Tags
Usage
Tests: articles, grammar-diagnostic, business-english
Funnels: ru-translated-english, es-translated-english
Challenges: manager-article-trap
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"type": "single-choice",
"correctOptionId": "a",
"options": [
{
"id": "a",
"label": "a",
"rationale": "Use a/an for one job role: a manager, an engineer."
},
{
"id": "the",
"label": "the",
"rationale": "The would mean one specific manager already identified."
},
{
"id": "none",
"label": "no article",
"rationale": "Singular countable job names usually need an article."
},
{
"id": "an",
"label": "an",
"rationale": "An only comes before a vowel sound."
}
]
}